A couple of days ago, I read this post on the Four Hour Workweek blog about a guy’s attempt to find out the limits of free credit card concierge services. He had the free concierge do things like help him with a crossword puzzle and book space travel. It’s a hilarious post and I learned … Read more
One of the best things about conferences is having great conversations with really smart innovative people. Garron Seliken of M Realty is one such smart, innovative person, and he and I (along with a bunch of other folks like Marie Still, Jay Thompson, Chris Drayer, and Daniel Rothamel) had lunch today at NAR Mid Year. … Read more
In Part 1, I explored how large law firms and big brokerages are similar, based on the forthcoming paper by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor and blogging pioneer. Then in Part 2, we looked at how they’re different in some fundamental ways, particularly compensation models, that makes the size of Big Brokerage appear to be … Read more
I’m working on Part 3 of the Does Size Matter series, but a conversation on Twitter turned fairly interesting and fairly intricate, so a quick little post. This post is heavy on inside-baseball stuff about the real estate industry and the RE.net. First, the setup of the debate: @ProfessionalOne (Michael McClure) whose company has adopted … Read more
In Part 1 of this series, I examined a scholarly paper by one Glenn Reynolds(aka, Instapundit, who is a law professor, the author of Army of Davids, and one of the most important and influential bloggers in the United States today) about the future of big law firms and drew some lessons about how big … Read more
Aaaaand I can hear the tee-hee’ing going on in Costa Mesa from here. While I’m not above making cheap jokes in order to erect a logical argument about brokerage performance, business dysfunction, and customer satisfaction, this post is actually about serious issues in real estate, technology, and marketing. So stop giggling. We begin with a … Read more
So this morning, I do something completely unusual for me: I turn on the TV and watch one of the morning shows while sipping coffee. I normally never turn the TV on except for NFL games, maybe ESPN, or something special I really have to see. But I did today, and happened to catch a … Read more
I happen to agree 100% with my old friend Joel Burslem over at 1000watt on this: This technology is also a truely democratizing force, meaning your marketing collateral can now compete with the best that Madison Avenue can cook up. In the eyes of consumers, a boutique brokerage can now sit on a level playing … Read more
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” – Milton Friedman There are certain topics within the real estate industry that keeps coming back from time to time, like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees. The future of REBarCamp, raising the standards of professionalism, broker brands vs. agent brands, and so on. Some topics, you wish … Read more